Healthy eating during pregnancy: tips and advice
How to maintain healthy eating habits during pregnancy. Pregnancy is a very wonderful time in your life, and also very fragile. It is a time in your life where you need to take extra special care of yourself, and that little baby growing inside of you. Your nutrition plays a key role in your pregnancy. [...]
The highs and lows of Potassium in Food and Diets. Potassium is a very important mineral. It is one of the most abundant in the human body. It helps lower blood pressure as well as works to prevents heart disease. How ever in some cases potassium may be harmful. For example, it could worsen kidney [...]
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In its broadest sense metabolism refers to all the chemical processes occurring within our bodies (the buring of energy/ calories) that allow us to grow, survive and reproduce. The complex processes that help keep our bodies functioning normally are efficiently controlled by body chemicals called enzymes and hormones. Enzyme activity influences chemical conversions so that [...]
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Folic acid, a B vitamin, was first isolated from spinach in 1964 and was found to be important in preventing anemia in animals. Later, it was determined that folic acid is essential for the synthesis of thymine and adenine which are some of the nucleic acids that make up our genes, chromosomes, and DNA. It [...]
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Eating For Weight Loss Zigzag your Calories Daily. If you consume approximately 70% of your target caloric requirement on one day, and 100% on the next, you will not signal starvation thus slowing your metabolism. Eat a balanced diet. Each meal should be balanced between Carbohydrates, Protein and Fat. The “Zone” recommends 40/30/30. Eat more [...]
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Until modern technology arrived on the scene, fiber was an important part of everyone’s diet. In many so-called “backward” regions of the world, it still is. The average diet in the United States and Western Europe now includes a great many highly processed foods. The fiber content of the American diet has been dropping steadly. [...]
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What is protein? How much protein should the average person ingest to stay healthy? Is it possible to take in too much protein? When does it become necessary to supplement protein? What are the different kinds of protein supplements on the market? What should somebody look for when shopping for a protein supplement? When is [...]
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Candy, cookies, pies cakes … mmm – a delicious variety of sweets. A sweet tooth, or cravings for sweets could be hereditary (or learned), environmental, hormonal, a result of a poorly planned diet or a combination of these factors! Babies naturally like sweets. Moms are taught to start feeding their babies with vegetables and meats [...]
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There’s more to getting in shape than just working out. The way our bodies look on the outside and feel on the inside is directly related to what we eat. The problem is that most people don’t have a clue about how to properly feed their bodies. We are bombarded with such conflicting reports about [...]
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All milk and milk products are calcium powerhouses. A cup of skim milk contains about 300 milligrams of calcium — one third of the recommended 1,000 mg that most adults need daily. Adolescents and teens, ages 9 through 18, and adults over 50 need more: 1,200 to 1,300 mg daily. If you are worried about [...]
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